Hofner has redesignated the model names of its famous Violin Bass to reflect the iconic bass's Beatles lineage. The three German-made models have been the cause of some confusion among McCartney ...

Close to 70 years after German instrument company Höfner started selling an electric bass that looked like a violin, the company has filed for bankruptcy. The news has hit Paul McCartney, who has made ...

The company filed for insolvency following a particularly “difficult period, especially since the introduction of the US ...

Höfner, the German instrument company responsible for Paul McCartney's iconic violin bass, has filed for bankruptcy.

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If you're looking for a bass with that 'wow' factor then the Violin Bass is one of the best out there: distinctive looks, feel, sound and delivery, it really has got the lot; and while it retains many ...

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UPenn Ph.D. student Leening Liu works to align a bass in a CT scanner. The CT machine stood ready like a giant white gleaming donut, but the patient wasn’t quite cooperating. It was evening, and the ...

The completion ceremony of the Violin Manufacturing Base of China, China's only and largest violin manufacturing base, was held on the morning of December 16 in Pinggu District, Beijing. Pinggu ...

Five hundred years ago, in Cremona, a small town next to Milan, Italy, luthiers made the world's first modern violin. Since then, it has become a mecca for violin makers around the world, as hundreds ...

Chicagoans is a first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. This week’s Chicagoan is Ryan McLaughlin, luthier. “Some people who get into violin making are accomplished ...

Höfner, the German instrument maker whose iconic Violin Bass was famously played by Paul McCartney, has reportedly filed for bankruptcy. The news comes from No Treble, which cites court documents from ...